Introduction Epilepsy is a common neurological condition, affecting over 70 million
individuals worldwide. Areas covered The present paper reviews current and future (under …

Sub-scalp electroencephalography (ssEEG) is emerging as a promising technology in ultra-
long-term electroencephalography (EEG) recordings. Given the diversity of devices …

Background: Studies examining epilepsy as a COVID-related death risk have come to
conflicting conclusions. Our aim was to assess the prevalence of epilepsy among COVID …

Background and Objectives Mortality is increased in epilepsy, but the important issue is that
a proportion of epilepsy-related death is potentially preventable by optimized therapy and …

Introduction Despite the existence of over 30 anti-seizure medications (ASM), including 20
over the last 30 years, a third of patients with epilepsy remain refractory to treatment, with no …

Persons with epilepsy (PWE) have a high risk of premature death with a two to fourfold
increased standardized mortality ratios (SMR) compared with the background population. 1 …

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Objectives Epilepsy requires long-term or lifelong treatment, and patients are prone to
financial, emotional and psychological burdens that can cause psychological changes …

Background Refractory epilepsy confers a considerable lifetime risk of sudden unexplained
death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Mechanisms may overlap with sudden cardiac death (SCD) …

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases, but it can sometimes be under-
reported or have a time delay in diagnosis. This data is not surprising if we consider that a …